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dorsetwurzel
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| Andy_P wrote: | Struggling back on topic... 
| tafrost wrote: | | having just done a short (1 hour) trip from East Sussex to Kent and passed over at least 5 that were unknown to TT! |
I think this is down to the mapping suppliers TeleAtlas, who seem to have made a policy decision to completely ignore mini roundabouts. |
It does get a little annoying  when you have come across your 5th or 6th Mini roundabout in a short trip and they are not recognised!!! |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P wrote: | Struggling back on topic...
| tafrost wrote: | | having just done a short (1 hour) trip from East Sussex to Kent and passed over at least 5 that were unknown to TT! |
I think this is down to the mapping suppliers TeleAtlas, who seem to have made a policy decision to completely ignore mini roundabouts. |
Would you say that's recent Andy? There are any number which ARE on the maps as well as any number which aren't. I have Mapshared my local three to add to the three they already have, but if they are ignoring them I'll just not share them in future.
PS THis is NOT an admission that I download Mapshares, because I don't - I'm happy to pass on my own (few and far between) corrections in the faint hope that one day they might make it permanently onto a map. It has today (before I posted this) occurred to me that it would be a good idea to add a comment when sharing mini-roundabouts, saying "Mini roundabout, road markings only, no change to physical roads". Then TT could use their skill and judgement to put the roundabout in without any further surveying.
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Rick-uk
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P wrote: | | TeleAtlas, who seem to have made a policy decision to completely ignore mini roundabouts. |
As do most drivers |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | | Andy_P wrote: | Struggling back on topic...
| tafrost wrote: | | having just done a short (1 hour) trip from East Sussex to Kent and passed over at least 5 that were unknown to TT! |
I think this is down to the mapping suppliers TeleAtlas, who seem to have made a policy decision to completely ignore mini roundabouts. |
Would you say that's recent Andy? There are any number which ARE on the maps as well as any number which aren't. |
Sorry, I'd not done any scientific survey at all.
But just by my normal travels over the years with TomToms it seemed to me that TeleAtlas only registered it as a roundabout if there was actually something more substantial than a "mushroom hump" in the road.
I don't remember seeing any mini's round my way that it shows as other then a normal junction. |
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navver
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Just for your edification all ye who scoff. There is a Roundabout Appreciation Society, see the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Society
Roundabouts are also art galleries, we have one round here with a 12 foot high ant on it made of steel. Beautiful!!!
Some, round here are an absolute picture covered in beautiful floral gardens.
The one by Morrisons (a sort of double roundabout but not quite which always confuses tomtom) has a great big coal truck on it, a present from our town's twin.
There, roundabouts are interesting. |
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Andy_P
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In London, we have this in the middle of a roundabout in Canary Wharf...
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DennisN
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P wrote: | But just by my normal travels over the years with TomToms it seemed to me that TeleAtlas only registered it as a roundabout if there was actually something more substantial than a "mushroom hump" in the road.
I don't remember seeing any mini's round my way that it shows as other then a normal junction. |
I drove over these four just an hour ago.
51.414571, -2.497984
51.413788, -2.495082 (two of them)
51.412239, -2.493467
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DennisN
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| Andy_P wrote: | | In London, we have this in the middle of a roundabout in Canary Wharf... |
And EVERY time I go there, I look real hard to see if my one is red or green!
We were impressed by this one in Holland..
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